Saving Time
Mordecai and Rigby are walking into their room. "So he thinks the doctor can sew it back on?" Rigby asked. "Yeah, Muscle Man thinks so. He said it happened to his brother, too." Mordecai said, and Rigby whistles. "Man, he's lucky." He said. "Tell me about it. Anyway, it's getting pretty late; I'm gonna call it." Mordecai turns around, pulling back the blankets. A soda is heard being opened, and he turns to see Rigby drinking it. "Are you seriously drinking a soda right now?" Mordecai asked, and Rigby burps.
"Yeah, you want one?" He asked. "Dude, what? We'll be up all night and we have to work tomorrow." Mordecai said. "Nah, don't you watch the news? It's Daylight Savings tonight." Rigby said. "So?" Mordecai asked. "So, the clocks get set back an hour and we get to sleep in tomorrow morning!" Rigby said. "Oh, yeah. Well, in that case: Soda me, broda me!" Rigby throws him a soda. "WHOO! Have a ball, baby. Let the party begin, it's Daylight Savings when we get to sleep in!" They open their sodas, spraying each other. The next morning, Mordecai and Rigby are walking to their designated area.
Mordecai yawns. "Dude, I feel so rested." He said. "Me, too. Man, I wish every day was daylight savings." They walk to the house where a meeting is taking place. "Well, look who decided to show up. An hour late." Mordecai and Rigby laugh. "They don't know. I guess you guys haven't heard of a little something called Daylight Savings." The others don't say anything. "Haha, yeah. Technically, you guys showed up an hour early." Rigby laughs. "Technically, Daylight Savings isn't until tonight." Y/N corrected, and Thomas snickers. "Really? Huh." Rigby said. "Oops." Mordecai said. "Whatever, dude; it's just an hour." Rigby said.
"Oh, is it? Well, I guess you won't care that it's an hour you aren't getting paid for." Benson said. "Aw, what?" The duo asked, this time Y/N snickers. "C'mon Benson, what's the big deal?" Mordecai asked. "Being on time is the big deal. This is a business we're trying to run. If everyone showed up late like you two, this whole park would fall apart." Benson said. "He has a good point, guys." Y/N said. "It was an honest mistake, Y/N. It's not like you or Benson have never been late to work." Mordecai said. "I haven't." Y/N said. "And I haven't either. Because, unlike you two, I take my job seriously. And since you're having so much trouble keeping track of time, you can be in charge of setting the clocks back for the realdaylight savings time." Benson said. "Ugh, fine. Come on Rigby, let's get this over with." They begin to walk off.
"Hold it, not yet. You're gonna do it when the rest of the world does it: at two in the morning." Benson said. "What? That doesn't even make any sense. What does it matter if everyone's on the same time?" Mordecai asked. "Yeah, what difference does it make?" Rigby asked. "Are you seriously making me defend the right time? You either set the park clocks back at two in the morning like everyone else, or you're fired!" Later that night, Mordecai and Rigby are playing video games. "Dude, what time is it?" Mordecai asked. "It's 10 o' clock. That's like 4 more hours!" They drink soda. "I still can't believe Benson is making us wait until 2 to set the clocks back." Mordecai said. "I know! How does it even matter if the clocks are set to exactly the right time?" Rigby asked. "It doesn't! He acts like he'd be able to tell if the clocks were a little off! He wouldn't be able to tell." Mordecai said.
"He totally wouldn't be able to tell!" They drink more soda. "You know what, though? Technically we agreed to set all the clocks at the same time... but we didn't say anything about setting the clocks at the right time." Rigby said. "What are you thinking?" Mordecai asked. "How about we do what Benson says and set all the clocks back for Daylight Savings, but first, we set every clock in the park to the same wrong time, just to show Benson and everybody else that it doesn't even matter?" Rigby asked. "And then we'll come up to Benson in the middle of the day tomorrow and be like, "Hey Benson, all the clocks are wrong. You had no idea, did you?" Mordecai imitated. "I can't wait to see the look on his face when we tell him!" Rigby said. "Man, this is gonna be awesome!" Mordecai said. "WHOOO!" Rigby sprays Mordecai's face with soda. "Daylight Savings!" He shouted. "Aw, come on, dude! I gotta wash my face, now!" Mordecai said angrily. The duo start to change all of the clocks in the park.
(Song: The Clock Song )
Huh-huh, huh-huh, huh-huh
Huh-huh. huh-huh, huh-huh
This is the clock song, we're setting all the clocks wrong
Huh-huh, huh-huh, huh-huh
Huh-huh, huh-huh, huh-huh
This is the clock song, we're setting all the clocks wrong
Huh-huh, huh-huh, huh-huh
Huh-huh, huh-huh, huh-huh
Benson's all about keeping track of time
But two in the mornin's where we draw the line
Huh-huh, huh-huh, huh-huh
Huh-huh, huh-huh, huh-huh
He does everything to keep you on track
But it doesn't really matter 'cause the dude is whack, whack, whack!
Huh-huh, huh-huh, huh-huh
Huh-huh, huh-huh, huh-huh
This is the clock song, we're setting all the clocks wrong
Huh-huh, huh-huh, huh-huh
Huh-huh, huh-huh, huh-huh
The next day Mordecai and Rigby are sitting outside the house.
"Well, I think that's every clock in the park." Rigby said. "Heh, heh. This is gonna feel like such a- oh. Wait. This isn't gonna work unless we change the clocks in Benson's apartment." In Benson's office, Rigby opens the door. "Coast is clear. I'm pretty sure Benson keeps his spare apartment keys in his office." Rigby takes the keys off the hook. The duo both walk into Benson's apartment. Mordecai chuckles as he changes the clocks in Benson's living room and kitchen. Rigby giggles as he changes the clock in his bathroom. The duo are now in Benson's living room. "Heck yeah, we are!" Rigby said. "Hmm! Hmm!" Benson is sleeping in his bedroom. Mordecai and Rigby enter and walk quietly up to the alarm clock beside him.
They look at a funny photo of him as a child. Benson is shown sitting on a swing as a child, with an embarrassing hairstyle and a stern scowl on his face. They giggle. Benson turns over. He opens his eyes a little. "Huh?" Mordecai and Rigby are frozen in fear. They're done for! Benson mutters. "Fine, I'll eat around it, then." He drifts back to sleep. Mordecai quickly sets the alarm wrong and they both leave. The duo chuckle. "Yes, we did it! Haha!" The next day, Mordecai and Rigby are on the steps. Benson comes in. "So, the mower's fine, car needs new tires.." Benson notices Mordecai and Rigby. "Are you two actually the first ones here?" He asked in surprise. "Mmm, yeah we are." Mordecai said. "We figured it was about time we started acting responsibly." Rigby said, and Mordecai chuckles. "Well, good. I'm actually glad to see you guys take a little initiative for once." Benson said. "Well, it had to happen eventually." Rigby said.
"Haha, yeah. It was only a matter of time." They both chuckle while Benson stays unfazed. Later the other groundskeepers arrive. "Ok. Now that everyone is here, let's get started. Some teens tipped over the porta potties again so someone's gonna hav-" Benson was interrupted. "Oh, good show!" Pops said. "Uh, what is it, Pops?" Birds are flying around Pops. "It's the songbirds." Pops chuckles. "They usually don't come visit me until the afternoon!" He said. "That's strange." Y/N said. "Ummm...oh. I see. Well, next on the list is...." The garbage truck comes in and Benson turns around. " ...is uhh..." he said. "Hey, yo. Mickey! How many bags you lugging over there?" The garbage man asked. "I got four stinky bags! What do you care?"
He throws the bags in the truck. "I'm just trying to make polite conversation, you lousy mug! Jeez!" Mordacai and Rigby laugh. "That's weird. Garbage pickup isn't usually until eleven. And come to think of it, it's alarmingly hot for nine in the morning. Something's not...quite.." the sprinklers start hitting Benson. "Gah! Why are the sprinklers going off two hours early?" Mordecai and Rigby laugh again. "What's so funny?" Y/N asked. " We set all the clocks to the wrong time and nobody even noticed! Everyone showed up two hours late today." Mordecai said. "Whooaaaaaa!" The duo said. "We got you good, Benson!" Rigby said. "And it was business as usual." Mordecai said. "Yeah, we told you it didn't matter if everyone was on the right time. Besides, time's just an abstract concept, anyway. It's not like anything bad is actually gonna—" Rigby screams as the house starts shaking. A fire hydrant breaks in half and flies into the sky, a tree falls and breaks the gate fence, and then the park starts to float away as the gang scream.
"What's happening?!" Y/N asked. "Goodness, the park is floating!" Pops shouted. "I'm gonna hurl, bro." Muscle Man said. "LET ME OFF!" Rigby shouted. "What did you two do?!" Benson demanded. "Nothing! Honest! Well, something, but..." Mordecai said. "We set every clock in the park back three hours to mess with everyone!" Rigby shouted. "It was just supposed to be a harmless prank!" As the park continues to float, a little piece of the park falls, and a tree almost lands on Benson. "This doesn't look harmless to me! How on earth are we gonna fix this?!" Benson asked. "Mordecai, Rigby, you've made a terrible mistake! When you changed every clock in the park, you officially changed the park's time zone." Skips said. "What does that even mean?!" Rigby asked.
"It means that unless we can change every clock back to the right time, the park is gonna relocate to the new time zone. That means it's gonna set down somewhere in the middle of the ocean, and I don't think this rock is gonna float!" Skips shouted. "Jeez, I always knew the park would sink, but I didn't think it would happen like this!" Rigby shouted. "Nothing is sinking on my watch!" Benson shouted. "Benson, look out!" Y/N shouted. Benson gets out of the way as a lampost almost falls on him. Pops' house starts to crumble. "Alright, everyone! Reset all the clocks in the park!" Everyone except Pops gets moving. Muscle Man, Fives, Y/N and Thomas drive off in the cart. Skips scrambles into a bush. Benson, Mordecai and Rigby run into the house. "Hurry!" Pops watches them go, then he takes out his watch to reset it, but the house starts crumbling more, causing Pops to roll down the stairs.
"Bad show!" Muscle Man, Fives, Y/N and Thomas have made it to the trailer. They run inside, but a tree chases down onto it, smashing it in half. Muscle Man falls through one half of the trailer. "Muscle Man!" Hi Five Ghost grabs the football clock and passes it to Y/N, and she passes it to Thomas, who catches it but bangs into a drawer with the TV on top. The clock flies out of his hands. Muscle Man runs up and jumps to the other half of the trailer, squealing. He catches the clock and sets it to 11 o' clock. Meanwhile, Skips scrambles out of the bushes and goes to his house, as it starts rising from the ground and a tree falls in the gaps. Skips jumps down onto the tree, then jumps off it through the house window. He rolls to his clock, setting it to the right time.
Back at the house, Pops tries to avoid the crumbling ground as he sets the time on his watch. In the house, Mordecai sets the time on the grandfather clock, Rigby sets the time on the alarm clock in his and Mordecai's room, and Benson sets the time on the hally clock. The three run outside, and see the park is still floating. "Why isn't it working?!' Rigby asked. Muscle Man, Hi Five Ghost, Y/N, Thomas and Skips meet up with the others. "You must reset all of them! All of them!" Skips shouted. Y/N points to Benson's apartment. "Everybody look!" She shouted. Benson's apartment is floating behind the park. "Oh no! Benson's apartment!" Mordecai shouted. "What? You guys changed the clocks in my apartment?" Benson asked. "Sorry, man. It wouldn't have worked if we didn't change—" Rigby said. "Aaaaah! How are we supposed to get over there?!" Pops drives in with Carmenita. "Get in!" Mordecai, Rigby and Benson are in. The four of them drive off. "You got this, bros!" Muscle Man shouted. "Careful guys." Y/N said worriedly. Carmenita flies up to the apartment. They land on the roof, just before it sets down into the ocean.
"We're setting down in the time zone!" They run through the roof door. Mordecai and Rigby run through Benson's room door. "Come on! I have a key!" Mordecai sets the living room clock , Pops sets the kitchen clock, Rigby sets the bathroom clock, and Benson sets his alarm clock. They all meet up. "That's all of 'em!" The apartment sinks deeper into the ocean. Water rushes through the glass of the windows. "No! The park!" The water starts flooding the park. Muscle Man, Fives, Y/N, Thomas and Skips are on Pops' house roof. "They're never gonna make it!" Thomas shouted. Mordecai has drowned in the water. The TV floats past him. He speaks blubberish. He rises up against the ceiling. "What are you guys forgetting?!" Benson asked. "I don't know!" Mordecai sees Rigby's watch set wrong. "Rigby, your wa-" he drowns. Rigby checks his watch, then sets it to the right time. The park and the apartment suddenly rise up out of the ocean, and float back to the time zone, where they belong. Mordecai, Rigby, Benson and Pops are coughing. "♪This is the clock song, we're setting all the clocks wro-♪" Rigby began to sing again. "Not now, dude."
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